Anne Curtis, MD

In Memoriam

1942-2025

Dr. Curtis was recognized for her expertise in diagnostic imaging, her skilled teaching, and her advocacy for—and mentoring of—women at YSM. After her internship and residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, Dr Curtis joined the faculty in 1975 as an assistant professor of diagnostic radiology, becoming a full professor in 1985. Dr. Curtis had long championed the cause of women at the school. She had worked to recruit female faculty and students since the late 1970s as director of the Office for Women in Medicine, and then as chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in the School of Medicine. In 1990, she received the Leah Lowenstein Award for promoting humane and egalitarian medical education.

Dr. Curtis had lent her talents to numerous panels, including the Dean’s Ad Hoc Grievance Committee, the Senior Appointment and Promotions Committee, and the Medical Students Thesis Awards Committee. She had also sat on numerous committees at YNNH and is past president of its medical board. Her skills in diagnostic imaging have had her deliver lectures and courses in such places as Kentucky, Venezuela, and Utah. Dr. Curtis’s professional services included being a reviewer for the American Journal of Radiology. In the community, she had been a longtime member of the board of directors of the Neighborhood Music School.